tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post112605929651781922..comments2015-03-03T12:55:50.478-06:00Comments on Althouse: Must Roberts now meet an even higher standard?Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126148264814567962005-09-07T21:57:00.000-05:002005-09-07T21:57:00.000-05:00Given that Roberts is already facing the toughest ...Given that Roberts is already facing the toughest possible scrutiny, I think the question should be: "Must Roberts' children and friends now meet an even higher standard of media scrutiny?"Daryl Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051077067254961343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126125580102416832005-09-07T15:39:00.000-05:002005-09-07T15:39:00.000-05:00By the way, what would that higher standard be? Th...By the way, what would that higher standard be? The Democrats have spent months and millions trying to get an angle on Roberts. "A higher standard" is meaningless when you have nothing on the guy to start with.stealthlawprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08195491998541267989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126112606245601952005-09-07T12:03:00.000-05:002005-09-07T12:03:00.000-05:00Has anyone figured out yet how we seem to elect 10...Has anyone figured out yet how we seem to elect 100 such dinglefritzes the the Senate?jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329533227937428137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126097602935520722005-09-07T07:53:00.000-05:002005-09-07T07:53:00.000-05:00I go with Prof. Althouse and Rofes for the great m...I go with Prof. Althouse and Rofes for the great minds. After all, Russ Feingold gave us "campaign finance reform." That should be dispositive on the issue.Richard Faginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13226378624223768370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126095237173711082005-09-07T07:13:00.000-05:002005-09-07T07:13:00.000-05:00Somross: It's a local AP report and people around ...Somross: It's a local AP report and people around here don't picture Marquette and Wisconsin being in the same place, but it does kind of bother me, enough that I took the trouble to spell out that I wasn't just <I>copying</I>.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126094453439355382005-09-07T07:00:00.000-05:002005-09-07T07:00:00.000-05:00it would be absurd for any senator to assert, abou...it would be absurd for any senator to assert, about anyone, "so-and-so is qualified to be a supreme court justice, but unqualified to do that, plus take on whatever additional administrative duties are attached to being chief justice."ziemerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09032130257815234547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126092976296779472005-09-07T06:36:00.000-05:002005-09-07T06:36:00.000-05:00How can you tell when a politician is lying?His li...How can you tell when a politician is lying?<BR/><BR/>His lips are moving.Frank Borgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365818658654273183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126091596538596542005-09-07T06:13:00.000-05:002005-09-07T06:13:00.000-05:00Eli - Antonin can still hunt ducks with Master Dic...Eli - Antonin can still hunt ducks with Master Dick Cheney - that must count for something..Goeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07208001377214618320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126070737490970702005-09-07T00:25:00.000-05:002005-09-07T00:25:00.000-05:00Ann, did it bother you that the journalist made it...Ann, did it bother you that the journalist made it sound as though you were conversing with Rofes, or at least that it sounded as though you had been asked if you agreed? And there might be something a Chief Justice would need that an Associate would not: the ability to preside over fellow justices, something everyone seemed to think Rehnquist excelled at. Laurence Tribe wrote an Op Ed today in the Times about Rehnquist's virtues, suggesting that his opinions were much better written than others'.somrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896230228256007895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126067432979990232005-09-06T23:30:00.000-05:002005-09-06T23:30:00.000-05:00eli is right. There really is no real difference, ...eli is right. There really is no real difference, and, thus, any additional delay on the part of the Democrats in the Senate is just going to make them look silly.Bruce Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14071464198786220582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126065920776363602005-09-06T23:05:00.000-05:002005-09-06T23:05:00.000-05:00Truth is, I think most of us liberals agree with y...Truth is, I think most of us liberals agree with you, in the sense that those of us concerned about his positions didn't support him in the first place, and those who supported him then, support him now. In fact, last night on my blog I did something I never did before (and made a big deal out of it): reposted a post that I had posted for the first time on August 15. That is because he was not someone I could support then, and is not someone I can support now. Of course, he will be confirmed-- we all know that-- but he would have anyway. I honestly thought as hard as I could on why it would make a difference between chief and associate justice and the only thing I could come up with was his past statements on equal pay in which he had defended the seniority system and its attendant benefits, and how he will in contrast be the least senior (for a few weeks anyway). But that is such a stretch that even I would never argue it seriously.<BR/><BR/>And, being Liberal who can always find a silver lining, I have to admit finding one: the thought of the egotistical and caustic Antonin Scalia, shocked that he was passed over, crying in his beer at the realization that he will never be the Chief Justice.Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1126061116891557892005-09-06T21:45:00.000-05:002005-09-06T21:45:00.000-05:00Oh, give us a harder question, Great One.Oh, give us a harder question, Great One.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03882433685362796656noreply@blogger.com